It is common place to say that affirmation is obtained through quality. This is even more so in the current difficult times. The University of Algarve has a continuying bet on the quality of its research as well as that of its graduate teching increasing the number of proposals, gaining international renowed projects and attracting the best students and researchers for its laboratories and research centres. Our perspective is that the way out from this period can only be by the top and this is how UAlg will come out of it: stronger and more competitive.